Adlai Stevenson: “Sectional animosities, thank God, belong now only to the past.”

Great evils often result from hasty legislation, rarely from the delay which follows full discussion and deliberation.

In my humble judgment, the historic Senate, preserving the unrestricted right of amendment and of debate, maintaining intact the time-honored parliamentary methods and amenities which unfailingly secure action after deliberation, possesses…

Breckenridge, he said: "Bob, when you and I graduated, you took to the pulpit and I to the bottle, and I have stuck to my text a good deal closer than you have to yours!

Judgment and prudence should be mixed in equal parts with love and affection in the transaction, to secure a lasting and happy union.